Like this:

I love my summer office. Moving down from the Aerie to the front porch blows the cobwebs out of my cranium, stokes the creative flame burning in my breast, (YA author here, I can say “breast”), feeds my ever-hungry soul.

Well, with a little help.

Let me take you on a tour…

The view down my street, where I spy watch life go by:

The corner of dreams and mystery:

And my comfy, cozy writing spot.

Please note the handy-dandy strong verbs running along the molding, up top there. Here’s a closer look:

As I drove to our Sekrit Writing Cave today, I thought about all those years I wasn’t writing. Only I realize now–I was.

I wrote letters. Corresponded on internet forums. Took imaginative meeting notes and composed hilarious PTA announcements.

In addition, I quilted and cross-stitched, sewed adorable kid-clothes and costumes, Indian beaded on a loom and with the brick stitch and peyote stitch, stuffed sock monkeys, and gardened. I cooked, cleaned, ran errands and changed diapers, volunteered and took care of three kids, a husband and an elderly mother. But I always had some creative outlet, even if I could only spend 10 minutes a day on it.

If I didn’t, I was insane.

There are lots of people out there who don’t feel that way. They go to work, come home and do something like watch sports. Now, I like baseball. I think it’s great if you coach your kid’s team.

But really? Is that your only interest? Nothing else? Not art? Music? Literature?

Like this:

…to jump into the blogging world. Since I am among the tech-challenged, bear with me while I experiment and make lots and lots of mistakes.

I wonder how many people recognize where the title of this post comes from. Does anyone read Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking-Glass anymore? Perhaps the craziness of real life has squelched the desire for the absurd in literature.

I am a children’s writer, primarily YA fantasy. I live in the imaginal realm four to six hours a day. It is a strangely familiar yet dangerous place, filled with our most profound fears and joy. I am lucky to work where myth and legend, imagination and creativity, and monsters and saints live.

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